HAVANA TIMES – We bring you some of the top international news stories compiled by Democracy Now on Monday, February 2, 2026.

Political scientist Laura Fernandez, 39, becomes the second woman to win the presidential chair in Costa Rica’s history.

For decades, the Border Patrol has operated with extraconstitutional powers along the US-Mexico divide. Now it’s expanded ...

In addition to its environmental impact, the project would relocate the remains of people massacred there during El Salvador's civil war.

Jamaica is a regular supplier to Cuba, but decided to comply with Trump’s decree threatening tariffs on countries that deliver fuel to the island.

Includes six children, the ministry said, while a further 30 people have been injured, including some in critical condition.

This chaos suits the government, even though in its speeches on TV it says it’s looking for solutions, like on the program ...

Alejandro, born in the Havana municipality of Diez de Octubre, is one of the 1,200 Cubans who, up to 2020, were living in ...

With a divided opposition, Costa Rica’s elections are being watched with concern—and with them the danger of a right-wing ...

HAVANA TIMES – Some photos make us laugh, feel emotions, remember a trip, or a special moment with friends. Others show that the person who took them has taken photography seriously. Photos of animals ...

Border Walls and Buoy Barriers Are Killing the Rio Grande. I Have a Front Row Seat.

Arrested and charged for their reporting on a protest in Minnesota, marking a serious escalation of attacks on the press in the United States.